Seems to me there are a lot of individual choices in this list. Most of the characters presented here do not represent the average person (of their race) in the movie. Might as well complain about the average indigenous person wearing only a loincloth. At least the women in the list know how to keep gravity from messing up the Boobies.

Not to be too much of a geek, but Feyd-Rautha wore that plastic loincloth for one scene only, a knife duel, for which it was an eminently practical costume and which I am pretty sure was also described in the book. So, inexplicable my ass.

Well, I agree that the slave Leia costume should be included in as many articles as possible, it is fairly easy to explain why she was wearing it (the article's title is "Inexplicably tiny outfits in SciFi History").

She's a slave for a crime lord/gangster - and her outfit is built to both enslave and be eye candy. Especially when you include the collar & chain worn in the film.

Well, I agree that the slave Leia costume should be included in as many articles as possible, it is fairly easy to explain why she was wearing it (the article's title is "Inexplicably tiny outfits in SciFi History").

She's a slave for a crime lord/gangster - and her outfit is built to both enslave and be eye candy. Especially when you include the collar & chain worn in the film.

"[W]hat people forget, when they talk about Slave Leia outfits, is that it's the one costume she doesn't choose for herself. She's forced into it, compelled to wear that bikini for Jabba's dubious and slobbery pleasure. And I can see why people are upset that this happens-because if there's one thing we do not need to gratify so much, it's the male gaze in film-but at the same time, I think it's important that this happens to Leia, because it happens to plenty of women, all the time, every day, around the world, with or without help from a gold bikini.

And here is what Leia does, when you force her into a scanty outfit and choke-chain: she takes that chain, and she kills you with it. She doesn't let her clothing get in her way or limit her more than she can help-she waits for her moment to strike, and then she conquers her would-be conqueror and saves the day.

And I was a little kid, not yet desensitized to violence [...] Jabba's death scene freaked the hell out of me. It wasn't a clean blaster shot to the chest or a slice from a light-saber that sent sparks flying or made you turn invisible. There were struggles, and flailing, and twitching limbs. The shots are close-ups, and very dark-it's vicious, and vengeful, and physical, and very very personal.

So for me, wearing that gold bikini does not mean 'Here I am, a sexy toy for your amusement and gratification.'

To me, that gold bikini says, If you f*ck with me, I will end you." ~ Olivia Waite

Well, I agree that the slave Leia costume should be included in as many articles as possible, it is fairly easy to explain why she was wearing it (the article's title is "Inexplicably tiny outfits in SciFi History").

She's a slave for a crime lord/gangster - and her outfit is built to both enslave and be eye candy. Especially when you include the collar & chain worn in the film.

The odd point- why is she eye candy?

Jabba's an enormous alien slug. I have no idea what sexual characteristics Hutts find attractive, but I can't imagine the gold bikini did anything for him or the dozens of other non-human races around him. It's probably not even obvious to him what humans would find degrading.

It would be like us enslaving a giant jellyfish and painting its body in horizontal red stripes- everyone knows that's horribly demeaning to giant alien jellyfish, plus everyone gets a chubby looking at it, right?

Well, I agree that the slave Leia costume should be included in as many articles as possible, it is fairly easy to explain why she was wearing it (the article's title is "Inexplicably tiny outfits in SciFi History").

She's a slave for a crime lord/gangster - and her outfit is built to both enslave and be eye candy. Especially when you include the collar & chain worn in the film.

The odd point- why is she eye candy?

Jabba's an enormous alien slug. I have no idea what sexual characteristics Hutts find attractive, but I can't imagine the gold bikini did anything for him or the dozens of other non-human races around him. It's probably not even obvious to him what humans would find degrading.

It would be like us enslaving a giant jellyfish and painting its body in horizontal red stripes- everyone knows that's horribly demeaning to giant alien jellyfish, plus everyone gets a chubby looking at it, right?

Hutts are androgynous and a slave girl dancer would be a status symbol for a crime boss. It wouldn't need to have any personal interest for Jabba as long as he got to make the princess his status symbol.

Not inexplicable. The people of the City lived their whole lives in a climate controlled environment in the domes, and you could have sex with anyone you wanted at any time. They also had no shame about their bodies or being half-naked. Lightweight, easily removable clothing served that purpose quite well.

Well, I agree that the slave Leia costume should be included in as many articles as possible, it is fairly easy to explain why she was wearing it (the article's title is "Inexplicably tiny outfits in SciFi History").

She's a slave for a crime lord/gangster - and her outfit is built to both enslave and be eye candy. Especially when you include the collar & chain worn in the film.

The odd point- why is she eye candy?

I don't think it was as much on a physical level as an emotional one. He knew who she was, and having her in his servitude might have been, to his mind, immensely humiliating. She's the kind of person who probably always looked down on his gangster activities, and the sight of her at his, um feet? okay tail, must have been gratifying to his ego.